A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows overwhelming opposition among American voters to a new US war in Iraq, with only 16 percent supporting the idea of sending combat troops and 74 percent against.
The Obama Administration has said they don’t plan to send “combat troops” to Iraq, though in recent days the indication is that they are planning to send some troops and plan on calling them “advisory” troops.
That’s the sort of distinction without a difference the administration has used time and again to insist they weren’t really lying when they made promises, but no matter what the troops are called, the poll shows strong opposition to US involvement.
The polling data showed opposition strong among both Democrats and Republicans, and even broader among independent voters, which suggests that if the war becomes a political issue in the run-up to this year’s mid-term elections, the hawks are backing a fresh invasion at their own peril.
The influential media are neocon hawkish, week after week inviting the proponents of military interventionism in every hotspot of the world, including the original ill-begotten taking down of Saddam Hussein. He was a secularist strong-man leader who kept the violent factions in check, and Al Qaeda-type elements out. In that regard, he was no different than some of the thugs we currently support in the Middle East.
I like how you use the word "we" as if the US is bot the boggiest terrorist thuggish nation in the history on mankind. Americans are waking up to whats being done in their name, and they will have to take responsibility for the actions of their leaders.
It seems anything runs as planned:
Check the new map of middle-east: http://disinfo.com/2013/06/world-war-iii-began-in…
Or is this the real end game plan for a Greater Israel?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-z…
Overwhelming opposition to another war in Iraq will make no difference to the US ruling "elite" who run the nation strictly for the benefit of themselves and their cronies. Ninety-five percent of the US public opposed bailing out the banks in 2008-2009 after the banks destroyed the US economy, but the banks were still bailed out.
The state of Israel was not included so that polling result is inaccurate, we all know that whenever the U S sneezes the Israeli wipe their noses.
Well gee, I think Americans don't want other Americans who are trained by the military to be deployed to Iraq. It doesn't matter if they are Seals, Delta Force, standard infantry, Marines or kitchen cooks. We don't want any of our forces there. Do you get that Obama? You can call them whatever you want by lying and breaking yet more promises, but I think most people are going to be able to see that you are full of shit and twisting words so you can get us involved in yet another war that the USG has caused.
The damage to the Iraqi nation is already done when Bush fascist regime started all this. The damage to the unity of nations in Middle East is already done when Obama started siding with these terrorists in Syria, the damage to humanity done when USG-EU governments started supporting these savages and barbarians. For Iraqi people to recover from damages, to recover from the damages caused by EU-USG in Middle East people around the world need to stop voting/feeding new liberal fascism as they are fooled that these elements are democrats so as their actions is.
The public may oppose war now, but this will fade. 10 or 15 years from they will change their mind. Also, the public is just fine with economic interventionism or the providing of weapons, which is just as bad. They continue to elect officials who support wars and fund wars.
I support a new war…as long as John McCain, Lindsey Graham and the other cheerleaders in the neocon whore media are the ones fighting it. Don't forget that bag of hot air blimp Nuland and the other Kaganites who shill for war with the whole world. We can do with far fewer of those types.
If anyone's ranks need desperately to be thinned out to the point of nothingness – theirs is it.
Ehud Barack Obama, other neolibs and neocons should be locked up at Guantanamo Bay. If that doesn't stop him from sending troops or shutting down Gitmo, nothing will.